Spectacle mounting



March 26 1940. J SWEENEY 2,194,776

sPEcTAoLfi MOUNTING Filed Dec. 12, 1938 INVENTOR. 1/57/7768 fl Wee/76y iA TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 26, 1940 UNITED". STATE James A. Sweeney, Providence, B.1., assignor to' Universal Optical Corporation, a corporation of RhodeIsland Application This invention relates to a spectacle,moreparticularly to the mounting of thetemple of the spectacle, and hasfor one of its objects toprovide a single point of attachment forthebridge and the temple mounting in order that the asyet provide amounting which will not be dis-' turbed by adjustment of the nose pad.

With these and other objects in view,.the in vention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a top plan view of the spectacle equipped with this invention.v

Fig. 2 is a rear view of a fragmental portion thereof from a point ofobservance substantiall on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. V

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the. spectacle on line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the strap f0 the lens. h

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the nose pad support arm.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the assembly of these two pieces shownin Figs. 4 and 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the temple support member.

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the temple support member assembled withthe pad support arm.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on line 9-9 of Fig.. 6

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the assembly of the parts shown inFigs. 10 and 11, and

Fig. 13 is a sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 12 illustratingin dotted lines the position of the strap when connected thereto.

In constructions of thisgeneral character, it i has heretofore beennecessary to anchor the templesupport member on a strap which engagesthe PATENT OFFICE December 1.2, 1938; Serial nosziaosz 71mm 1 Claim.(01,. 8847) p lens and to mount the pad suppo t arm comp etelyindependent thereof, inasmuch as the pad support arm is adjusted throughconsiderable e2;- tent to fit the faces of different wearers.

construction alsorequired the sharp bending of Q5 the temple supportmember at its anchoredend for the correct positioning thereof and inorder to avoid such an arrangement, I have stifiened the pad support armat its point of connection to the bridge or strap making the remainderof 10 the arm relatively bendable so that any. adjllstf ment will occurbeyond the stiffened portion leaving the stiffened portion fixedrelatively to theulens and I have mounted the temple support member onthe stiffened portion which affords a 15 very. simple assembly operationand positions the temple support memberthe distance desired rearwardlyof the lens without any sharp bendins t di ose por on of it ea wa dl att s point of connection, and the following is .a more 2 detaileddescription of the present embodiment of this invention, illustratingthe preferred means i l by which these advantageous results may beaccomplished:

With reference to the drawing, 10, Ill desigates the lenses and II abridge spanning the distance between the lenses and holding them adesired distance apart. Each strap l2 consists. of a pair of arms I3 andI4 connected together by a shoe l5 which has a hole I6 therein utilizedso for mounting the strap upon another part. The nasal edge of the lensextends into the strap be tween the arms l3 and I4 and is there securedby a suitable screw i1 passing through the arms and lens between them.

A pad support arm i8 has a relatively widened portion l9 to cause thesame to be relatively stiif and a narrower, thinner portion 20 which incom-.

parison is relatively bendable. This stiffened portion I9 is reduced asat 2| for the reception of m the shoe which is attached thereto. A dowelpin fitting in and extending from the opening l6 also fits into a hole22 in this reduced portion of the arm for providing a simple mannerof10- eating the parts to be soldered and also enables a subsequentsoldering of the bridge H as at If v to these previously soldered parts.This manner of connection enables the second soldering which necessarilymust be at a temperature less than the fusion of the first soldering tobe more readily and easily accomplished. The fit of the reduced portion2| with the shoe 15 of the strap is such that the dowel pin 23 may beriveted to hold the parts in position if necessary. The end 24 of thenose pad support arm it istwisted and n provides a good support for thenose pad 25 on the end of the arm.

The temple supporting member 26 is of wire and is bent to conform to thecontour of the lens and extends just back of the lens following thiscontour of the lens. Its nasal or anchoring end portion 2! is connectedto the stiffened portion of the nose pad support arm l8 by recessing thethicker temple support member as at 28 so as to receive this relativelythinner stifiened portion E9 of the pad support arm, the recess being ofa depth equal to the thickness of the pad support arm to make a smoothsurface at the junc-. tion. The temple support member is located thedesired distance rearwardly from the lens along the support arm so thatit may extend upwardly in substantially a single plane and then followthe contour of the lens bothas to peripheral shape and as to curvaturewhich may mean a The support bending in two diiferent planes. memberterminates in a position to support the temple SE] in a position abovethe sidewise vision of the wearer. The temple end of this support member3! is enlarged as at 32 and slotted as at 33 forming ears 34 and 35having registering openings 36. The flattened eye 3'! of the temple isinserted between these ears and a screw 38 passes through theregistering openings and is threaded into the ear 35 to provide apivotal mounting for the temple.

In some cases instead of recessing the temple supporting member 26 I maycut out a portion as at 39 and also extend the reduced portion 40 of thepad support arm so that these two parts may fit together as at 4|, thelength of this recess 40 being sufficient to accommodate the strap suchas shown in Fig. 4.

' In both of these arrangements illustrated, the temple support memberis secured to a stifiened portion l9 of the pad support arm forming arigid anchor for this end of the temple support member and maintainingit in fixed position relative to the lens even though the pad supportarms are bent for accommodation of the pads to the faces of differentwearers.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to-be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by theterms of the appended claim.

I claim:

A spectacle construction comprising a pair of lenses, a bridge, meansconnected to the bridge and engaging the nasal edges of the lenses, apair of nose pad support arms extending rearwardlyfrom the bridge andconnecting means, each of said arms being provided with a relativelywide portion to cause the same to be relatively stiff adjacent the pointof connection to the lens and having a narrower, thinner, portion whichin comparison with said thick portion isrelatively bendable, saidthickened, stiffened portion being reduced for the reception of the lensconnecting means, and a pair of templed supporting members, eachrecessed near the nasal edge of the lens and receiving in said recesssaid thickened, stifiened portion of the support arm for anchoring saidsupport arm at one end adjacent said reduced portion of the support arm,and extending upwardly from said point'of anchoring and following thecontour of the lens adjacent to and along the rear surfaces thereof forconnection at the temple of the spectacle.

JAMES A. SWEENEY.

